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Berkeley, CA vs Lompoc, CA

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Highlights
- Lompoc spends 6.1% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% lower in Lompoc than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lompoc had 23.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley
 Berkeley, CALompoc, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 14 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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Reviews for Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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